Washing machine



Aug. 11, 1925.

' 1,549,232 J. w. THOMPSON WASHING MACHINE Filed Oct. 1923 Patented Aug. 11, 1925.

entree srrs JAMES w. THOMPSON, or BEAVER, OKLAHOMA.

WASHING MACHINE.

Application filed October 26, 1923.

[ all whom it may eoncem:

Be it known that JAMES W. TrroMrsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beaver, in the county of Beaver and State of Oklahoma, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVashing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a clothes washing machine in w 11Cl1 the clothes are subjected to a compressing or squeezing action while in a tub or container whereby dirt and all foreign matter may be conveniently and thoroughly removed therefrom. V

A further object of the invention is to provide aclothes washing machine which may be operated either by hand or by power and which is so designed and constructed as to provide for a quick and thorough cleaning of the clothes without subjecting the same to injury.

With the above and other objects in view this invention resides generally in the pan ticular details of construction, design and combination of parts as hereinafter set forth and described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the washing machine.

Figure 2 is a vertical section, and

Figure 3 is a side elevation with the plunger and handle in outermost position.

Describing the invention in detail, dies ignates the container for holding the clothes to be washed and 11 designates a drain opening at the bottom of the container for draining the tub whenever required. ing may be closed by any suitable plug means capable of being removed.

On one side of the tub and adjacent the upper edge thereof is fastened a plate 12 carrying upwardly projecting bearing brackets 13 which serve to provide a hinged support for the handle structure.

The handle comprises a rectangular frame which may be constructed of side and end pipe sections 1 1 and 15 coupled at their respective meeting ends by elbow couplings 16 and T-couplings as illustrated; the elbow couplings being at the inner ends of the frame and presenting stop shoulders having abutment with brackets 13 to limit movement of the frame laterally of the brackets. The frame is thus mounted to swing upwardly and over the upper open end of tub 10 so as to lie horizontally across the tub and This open- Serial No. 670,549.

when so positioned may be alternately raised and lowered either by hand, or by power suitably applied. In the operation of the machine, the clothes are compressed or squeezed between a pair of plates 18 and 19, the former of which normally rests upon the bottom of the tub and supports the clothes, while the latter is carried by the handle frame. The frame is provided on opposite sides with T-couplings 20 between which a cross member 21 is supported; these conplings 20 being so located on the handle frame as to be centered, or nearly so, with respect to the tub when the frame is disposed across the latter as above explained. Cross bar 21 supports a pair of "ET-couplings 23 and 2d mounted to revolve on the cross member andbeing respectively provided with a depending arm as indicated at 25 and 26 respectively. Each arm is threaded at its 0ppc-site ends, one of which is threadedly engaged with a T-coupling while the other is inserted thru asuitable opening in plate 19, lock nuts 27 and 28 being employed to detachably secure the plates to each arm.

Plates 18 and 19 are constructed of wire mesh and plate 19 is adapted to have a snug lit with tub 10 so as to be conveniently reciprocated therein upon manipulating the handle so as to have an up and down movement after the manner of a plunger. Consequently, when the handle structure is moved downwardly, plate 19 will be forced in the direction of plate 18 and the clothes between the plates will be alternately compressed and released during the operation of the machine, the compression of the clothes serving to remove dirt and foreign matter therefrom, it being understood that the tub 10 is suitably filled with hot soapy water in which the clothes are submerged.

From the foregoing it is thought that the objects and advantages of the invention can be readily understood and that further detail description of the operation thereof is unnecessary.

What is claimed is:

A washing machine comprising a single container for the clothes and washing liquid, a removable reticulated plate disposed in the container and held in spaced relation to the bottom wall thereof, a reticulated plunger plate movable toward and away from the first mentioned reticulated plate, a handle structure including a pair of spaced parallel operating bars, and a connecting bar, means hingedly connecting the connecting bar to the upper edge of the container at one side thereof, a transversely extending cross bar 5 connected to theoperating bars, sleeves rockably mounted on the cross bar, plunger rods carried by the sleeves and connected to the plunger plate, the terminals of the operating bars opposite to the connecting her being extended beyond the container, and a handle grip secured to the terminals of the operating bars.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

J. W. THOMPSON. 

